The Plains
Virginia.

Who runs the track

Norfolk Southern Railway Company operates 11 of the crossings here, 100% of the total.

Train services crossing these streets: freight (11).

How much traffic is reported

The busiest crossing at HWY 17 on Norfolk Southern Railway Company is credited with 10 train movements a day; the middle of the range across all 11 is 9. These are counts the operating railroad reported to the FRA, not measurements, and a crossing's figure can be several years old.

The highest timetable speed recorded at any crossing here is 45 mph.

Warning devices

11 of the 11 crossings carry gates and 0 have flashing lights without gates. Every crossing here has an active warning device. The inventory describes equipment, not how a crossing performs.

Horns and quiet zones

No crossing here is recorded under a whistle ban, so trains sound the standard horn pattern on approach.

Incident history

Form 57 records 4 reported incidents at these crossings since 2016, involving 1 death and 3 injuries. Incident counts follow traffic and exposure as much as anything about a crossing itself.

• HWY 17 — 2 reported incidents
• Loudoun Avenue — 1 reported incident
• Upperville Road — 1 reported incident

What this page is not

This is a summary of a federal inventory, not a measurement and not a rating. RailContext does not score crossings, streets or towns, and nothing here says a crossing is safe or unsafe, or that a neighbourhood is quiet or loud. Train counts are estimates the operating railroad filed, sometimes years ago, and a quiet zone does not guarantee silence.

To see the individual crossings nearest one address rather than a whole city, use the address check.